I had begun to feel that all this political idealism was sheer rubbish, but I put the brakes on before I got too far downhill.

If a few of us who have run with the machine and know the tricks will turn and help the bewildered idealists, we can make idealism effective.

Most of the people don't want a handful of crooks to govern them, but there's a kind of cheap cynicism abroad that discourages the men who are eager to revolt.

There are newspapers that foster that sentiment, and scores of men who won't take time to go to a caucus keep asking what's the use.

Now, as for Bassett, I'm not going to bite the hand that fed me; I'm simply going to feed myself.